SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Holland Mason R Jr (Last) (First) (Middle) 100 BENEFITFOCUS WAY (Street) CHARLESTON SC 29492 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Benefitfocus,Inc. [ BNFT ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Chairman of the Bd.
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2020
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	04/01/2020		M		1,043(1)	A	$0.00	60,669	D
Common Stock								2,649,099	I	By Holland Family Trust(2)
Common Stock								5	I	As custodian for minor son

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Restricted Stock Units	(1)	04/01/2020		M			1,043	(1)	04/01/2020	Common Stock	1,043	$0.00	2,435	D
Performance Restricted Stock Units	(3)	04/01/2020		D			2,435	(3)	04/01/2020	Common Stock	2,435	$0.00	0	D
Performance Restricted Stock Units	(3)	04/01/2020		D			6,956	(3)	04/01/2023	Common Stock	6,956	$0.00	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares earned upon the vesting of a percentage of the performance restricted stock units ("PRSUs") granted to the Reporting Person on April 1, 2019. Each PRSU represented a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer common stock upon the Issuer's achievement of an annual revenue goal and an adjusted EBITDA goal, during the period of January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019.

2. These shares are held in a living trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person and his spouse. The Reporting Person shares voting and investment control over these shares.

3. Represents the portion of PRSUs that were forfeited to the Issuer after determining the percentage of PRSUs that vested.

Remarks:

	/s/ S. Halle Vakani, Attorney-in-Fact	04/03/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.